Packing-machine.



No. 822,988. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

W. BOSE. PACKING MACHINE.

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UNITED STATES. PATENT OFFICE.`

-WILLIAM ROSE, or GAINSBOROUGH., ENcLANo, AssIcNOa 'IO WRIGHTS AUrOMA'rIC TOBACCO PACKING MACHINE COMPANY. or LYNCHBURG,

VIRGINIA.

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Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application lle July 19,1902. Serial No. 118.171.

To a/Z whom t may concern: y

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROSE, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Gainsborough, in the vcounty of Lin- 5 coln, England, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Packing-Machines, of whic the followin is a specification, reference being had to t e accompany-v in drawings, which form a part of the same.

his invention Consists in certain improvements in paokinU-machines such as are described in my ritish patent No. 53,643, March 13, 1901, and in my pending a plication for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 78,492, iiled October 12, 190],.and atented on June '7, 1904, as United States atent No. 762,255. i

This invention relates to those arts of these machines by which the iirst, or ongitudinal, folds of the wrapper are effected, and tothe devices by which the ends ofthe packets are indented after the material has been inelosed in the wrap ers. In the saidrnachines the inelosing of t e material in Wrappers is effected in open-ended recesses vor molds in the periphery' of arnold-wheel which has intrmittcnt rotary motion imparted to it, so that each mold is brought in succession into position to receive first awrapper and then 2, e part end view and part transverse sec-l tion of the same.' Fig. '3 is a transverse section of part of the machine. Figs. 4 and 5 show the device for ma the longitudinal folds in the wrappers. 6 shows the mechanism fonoperting one of the folders for making' one of the longitudinal folds in the wrspgere; 7 shows the folders for ma Vt eend-fol inthe wrappers. Figs. 8 andi! are detached views of the end folders; and Figs.10, ll, and l2 showrthe mechanism for the msterisl before the ends of the wrappers src' folded.

The material to be inclosed 1n wrappers stationary the material to be inclosed in the said Wra.

and the Wrappers'in which it is incloscd may be fed into position in the manner described in the specification herenbefore referred to or otherwise. According to my present invention the rearward upstanding end a, Figs, 4 and 5, of the Wra per which has been pressed into a mold In tile mold-wheel with the material to be inclosedis oldeddown onto the materialby means of a lever Figs. V1, 3, i0, il, 12, having apartcprojeeting hori- Zorn-.allyl therefrom, hereinafter termed the layer-F This lever is secured te or ferme e projecting gert of a sieeve d, mounted on a ushing e, projectin from a disk esecured to'the mam frame o the machine. in the bushing e slides a spindle f, which lcarries two lungers g and h, which are moved -siniu taneous'ly inward toward the 'mold-Wheel i. One of these two 'plungers g is forced against one end of the material while it is being pressed into the mold by the 'plunger if, the other plunger h acting in a similar manner on the material when moved intoits next position and while the longitudinel folding of the WraI er is takingV place. Similar side plungers g lli ,Fig 11 are mount ed on or attached to a spindle dh the opposite side of theinoidwheel,an` theseplun ers are operated at the same time as those st named, but in the o posite direction, so as to insure the material lieing equally acted upon on both sides.

The layer c receives 'an up-and-down Inetion in fan are to fold the rear end a of the wrapper down onto the material. This motion is effected by providing the sleeve d with an arm l, Figs. 1() and 12, connected by a link 'm to one arm 'n of a Vbell-crank lever, the other erin o of which lever is acted upon (preferably with the intervention Oi an antifriotion-roller) by a cam p on a coenter-shaft q, a spring 'r keeping the arm in contact with the cam. Y

, To insure that the rearward upstanding `end e of the wrapper is in such positionl over the material that the horizontal part c of the la*Y er in movin downward will engage it to .fo d it down, provide arms s.,fone on each side of the mold-wheei. These arms (herein-y after referred to conjoint] as the lifter) engae one with each sie of the wrnpglier Whic projects beyond or outside the mo wheel, sothst. whenV the lifter is raised the reu end cof the wrapper is bent upward and IOO forward over the material. The lifter s is carried on a spindle t, mounted in bearings in the sides of the tobacco-press u and connected by links t t2 to an arni t3 on the sleeve d, so that as the sleeveis turned, through he cani p and bell-crank lever n o, to cause t e layer c to descend the lifter s will be cause to rise and by engaging. the under side of the end c of the wrapper raise the said end, as shown in Fig. 4, into position to be engaged by the layer as it descends to properly lay the end a grito the material in the mold, as shown in Projecting from a sleeve d', turning on a stationary bushing e on the spindle j" at the opposite side of the mold-wheel, is an arm w, provided at its outer end witha'blade which is hereinafter teimed a beak, by which the portion of the end a of the wrapper which when laid onto the material overla s the material is folded down theside of tiie material in the mold, as hereinafter described. The spindle j" is not in the same axial line, but is situated at a higher level than the s indlef, carrying the layer c, and the side p un\ gers g h are consequentlyT attached to a plate y, depending from the end of the said spindle f', as shown in Fig. 11, so as to properly engage the molds.

he sleeve d', carrying the beakfw, is provided with a toothed duadrant z, (see Fig. 6,) in gear with a similar toothed quadrant z', forming part of one end of a lever e2, the other end of which lever is by means of a sprilig 1 kept in Contact with a cam 2 on the countershaft q, preferably with the intervention of an antifrction-roiler.

The beak ai extends across the mold-wheel and, as hereinbefore stated, is' employed for folding into the molds that part of the wra ier which extends beyond the material to llie packed after the layer has folded it down into the material, the molds having one of the sides opened in the manner described in thespeeitication hereinbefore referred to to permit of this being done.

The method of folding the forward upstanding end and also the ends of the wrapper which project beyond the sides of the mold-wheel is similar to that described in niv -former patent. In order to iermit of the folders which fold in the sides of the projecting ends of the Wrappers being removed. without disarranging t e earing .by which they are operated, I provi( e each folding-blade 3 with a stein 1, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, which fits in a socket formed axially in a rod 5, mounted in bearings in a frame 6, such as is described in the patent referred to, on which rod 4is fixed by a screw 7 a collar S, provided with a toothed segment 9, by which the rod is turned in itsbearings. 0n the Stein 4 of the folding-blade is a projection 1H said rod, and the stem is revented from moving longitudinally in tie socket by a screw 12, passing throu h the collar t4 into engagement ,with the sait lstem.

After the longitudinal and end folds of the wrapper have been made the mold-wheel is .moved round into its next position, where the ends of the packet are indented, (by what I term pnnchers,) so as to secure the wrapper without the use of adhesive matter. According to my present invention I attach each punclier 13, Fig. 1, by a link or connecting-rod 14 to a slotted lever 15, (which preferably curved) so that by altering the position of the end 14a of the lilik or connecting-rod 14 on the slotted lever 15 the punchers can 'be moved to a greater or less distance, and consequently indent the ends of the packets to a greater or lesser extent, as required, or the end of the connecting-rod or link 14 can be arranged in such position in the slotted lever 15 as to-preyent the punchers from, indent-ing the packets when they are not required to be indented.

The slottedlevers 15 are mounted on spindles 16, which also carry the levers -17 for operating the plungers g and z and g 7i before referred to. y Each spindle 16,is turned inits bearings to force the punchers or plungersinwardby a cam 18 on the main shaft 19 of the machine and actin on an arm 20, secured on the spindle or siaft 16. The said plnngers g h g h and also the unchers 13 Aare moved ont of o erativeposition-that is,

away from the w ieel-by springs 21, surrounding the spndle f and acting in opposition to the aforesai cams 18.

On each side frame of the machine is a projecting boss/22, in which is secured a rod or spindle 23, against which the lever-handle for operating the belt-shifter slides, the said rod or spindle being utilized for supporting the forward end of the counter or trough along which the paper for forming the wrappers is fed to the machine.

Many modifications may be made fby those familiar with this art without departing from the spirit of this invention. Parts of this device may be em loyed without using all of thesame, and, urthermore, partal of the device maybe used in connection with other devices. I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the disclosure which I have made in this case;` but vWhat .T claim as new, and what l desire to secure by Letters Patent, is set forth in the appended claims:

1. In a packing machine an intermittently-operated mold-wheel, means to press a wrapper and material into the moldsV iii said wheel, a lifter pivoted in the frame of the machine 'comprisine two inwardly-projecting arms to engage the upstanding end of to engage with projections 11 on the end of i the wrapper, an oscillating sleeve, a layer on the rod 5 to insure the block turning with the i said lsleeve to engage the raised edge of said IOO ' andeonneetions between said lifter and.v said layer to operate the same successively to :ralse the opstanding end of said wrapper and .wrapper and to lay the salse u'pon the inate' rial in the mold and a leve!" on Said Sleeve vlinked to said lifter to cause said lifter and saidflayer tovoerate yogether. Y. r N 2J" In a Vpac ing machine, an intermittentlypperated mold-wheel, vmeans to press a Wm' per. and material into the molds in said Whee an oscillating lifter an'cl a rotary layer to lay the same upon the material in :the

mold. 4 v3'. In a packing'- machine, an inermttentlyoperated mold-Wheel, means to press a wrapper and material into the molds in said mold-wheel, a lifter and a layerrconnectedto operate 'successively to raise the opstanding end of said wrap er and to lay the same upon' the material in t e mold, meansto form the folds in said wrapper comprising two Vfoldershafts, frames mounted upon said shafts, rods `revolubly mountedv in said: frames, foldand uxichers toenteridmoldsto indent said' Olded Wrapper 'andl secure 'the jfolds vo f thesamei tently-operatedmold-Wheel, means to a Wrapper amllmaterial into the molds o said mold-Wheelral lifter and alayelv to 'operate successively to' |raise theup'stlaxding end of said wrapper and. lay the same u n o vthe material in said mold and meansto old said wrapper about said material'. V

i n WILLIAM ROSE.

' Witnesses:

J. S. HEWII'r, F. HANDLEY. 

